Spinning-wheel



(No Model.)

H. LOTZ. SPINNING WHEEL.

No. 467,654. Patented Jan. 26, 1892;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

HENRY LOTZ, OF HORICON, I VISOONSIN.

SPINNING- WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,654, dated January26, 1892. Application filed April 6, 1891. Serial No. 387,806. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY LOTZ, of Horicon,in the county of Dodge andState of WViscousin, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSpinning-Wheels, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a spinning-wheel adapted for spinning wool orflax by hand; and the object of the invention is to provide a devicethat is compact in form, that is arranged to spin a thread from eitherside either by a right or left hand twist, that is capable of adjustmentfor differentiating the motion between the spool and the flier orspindle, and in which the use of a cord or belt on the wheels isobviated.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the complete machine.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same machine. Fig. 3 is a detail partin section for better illustration.

Ileretofore the frame of the spinning-wheel has been so constructed asto necessarily occupy a considerable space in the room where it stands,which frames were of such form as not to be capable of being put away ina corner or other limited or narrow space.

In myimproved machine the operative portions of the mechanism aresupported on a single post A, steadied and held upright by thebracing-legs B B, fixed in a cross bar or round (3, secured rigidly tothe post A. The legs 13 project and spread toward the front, so thatwhen the machine is to be stored away the post A can be placed in thecorner of a room, and the legs B, and in fact the whole machine, willnot project far into the room, but will occupy a comparatively limitedspace. A horizontal arm D is provided with a rigid leg E, which isfitted movably in a socket therefor in the top of the post A. The leg Eand the thereoircarried arm D are adjustable vertically in the post A,being held in position by the set-screw F. At the outer end of the arm Da hanger G is supported removably on the arm I), a faced part of whichenters an aperture therefor in the hanger G, and the hanger is securedremovably to the arm by the nut H, turning on a reduced part of the armD against the hanger G. A spindle I has bearings near its extremitiesrespectively in the hanger G and in the rod or pin K, movable endwisevertically in the arm D. spindle I is provided with a bifurcate flier L,rigid thereon, and an aperture M, extending from its side openinglongitudinally to the outer end of the spindle for the passagetherethrough of the thread or roving. The spindle I is also providedwith a wheel N, splined thereon, which bears against the drivingwheel P,axled on a pin fixed in the post A. A spool R, provided with a wheel R,is axled loosely on the spindle I, and the wheel R bears frictionallyagainst the wheel P, rigid to the wheel P. The wheel P is slightlylarger than the wheel P and the wheel N is larger than the wheel R. Aspring S around the pin K, bearing against the arm D and a shoulder onthe pin, is adapted to hold the wheels N and R or one of them infrictional contact with the wheels P and P, respectively, at all timesunder the raising and lowering of the leg E in the post A.

It will be seen that the spindle I, having its outer bearing in thehanger G at a constant distance from the arm D, will be tilted orinclined more or less by the movement of the pin K, actuated by thespring S, and by the raising or lowering of the leg E in the post A,

The I so that by this means the wheel N maybe put in firm frictionalcontact with the wheel P and the Wheel R raised entirely or almost outof contact with the wheel P, whereby the spindle may be revolvedrapidly, while the spool rotates slowly or notat all; also, by thereverse adjustment of the parts the spool may be made to' rotaterapidly, while the spindle revolves very slowly or not at all. Thewheels P and P, rigid together and axled on a pin in the post, rotate,respectively, in the planes of the wheels N and R on the spindle andflier, respectively, which latter wheels N and R, being supported on theadjustable arm D, are capable of adjustment toward and from the wheels PP, in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore stated. A treadle T isfulcrunied on the round 0, fixed in the legs B. The treadle T isconnected bya rod U to a wrist-pin or eccentric on the wheel P, and thespinning-wheel is driven bypower applied from the arm D and Withdrawingthe spindlefrom the rod K and slipping it out of the wheel N, which isheld rcvolubly to the spin dle by a spline or a faced part of thespindle.

Besides the differential motions of the spindle and the spools securedthrough the Wheels 'N and R, the use of these friction-wheels on theWheels P and P obviates the use of a belt or cord for running thespindle, as in old forms of wheel, which belt or cord was a constantsource of annoyance, being liable to stretch and become loose or tocontract and be too tight under varying conditions of the atmosphere, oreven to break at inopportune times and require replacement when suchrenewal could not be conveniently made.

' What I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

2. The combination, with the single post of I a spinning-wheel frame, ofan overhanging horizontal arm adjustable vertically in the post, ahanger detachably secured to the outer end of the arm, a pin or rodmovable vertically in the arm, and a spindle having its bearingsremovably in the hanger and the movable pin, substantially as described.

In a spinning-Wheel, an adjustable arm, a revoluble spindle supportedthereon, a wheel splined thereon, a spool loose on the spindle, providedwith a wheel somewhat smaller than the wheel on the spindle, and adriving-wheel in two parts of lesser and greater diameter, respectively,the two parts of which rotate in the planes of and are in frictionalcontact with the spindle-wheel and the spool-wheel, combinedsubstantially as described.

4. In a spinning-wheel, a driving-Wheel in two parts of lesser andgreater diameter, respectively, a spindle journaled at one end in arelatively fixed part of the frame, an adjustable bearing in which thespindle is supported at its other extremity, a wheel of larger diameteron the spindle, bearing frictionally against the driving-wheel of lesserdiameter, and a spool on the spindle, which spool has a wheel of smallerdiameter than the spindlewheel bearing frictionally against the driving-wheel of greater diameter, combined substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignatu re in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY. LOTA. Witnesses:

ERNST GRAFUNDER, CARL SCHULTZ.

